Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosaurus

(Creature)

2E1E

Common

Gargantuan

Animal

Dinosaur

Level

10

Source: Monster Core, pg(s). 101

Legacy 2E: tyrannosauruses had the

N

trait in Bestiary 101.

Type

Animal

CR

9

Environment

Warm forests and plains

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Bestiary, pg(s). 86

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The dreaded tyrannosaurus is one of the largest of the carnivorous dinosaurs. It is often found singly or in mated pairs, though packs of up to six of these fierce creatures are not unknown, hunting larger prey. It is bipedal, but its "arms" are relatively weak in comparison to the rest of its body, and it does not use them in combat but instead to hold prey. Instead, it relies on its large teeth and extremely powerful jaw muscles to catch and kill its prey, or even swallowing smaller creatures whole. A typical specimen is 40 feet long and 14,000 pounds in weight.

Society

Some giant tribes, especially cyclopes, have trained tyrannosauruses as mounts or war beasts.

Xulgaths will feed prisoners to tyrannosauruses as part of executions or ritual offerings, with some cults worshipping them as forms of their demonic demigods. Tyrannosauruses accustomed to being fed this way are surprisingly well-behaved with their stewards.

On Golarion

Specimens of these dinosaurs have been spotted in the Screaming Jungle of the southern Mwangi Expanse, along with several other jungles and plains on south-central Garund.

Diabolic agents of Cheliax infused tyrannosaurus eggs with devil ichor, and upon hatching the dinosaurs had exhibited infernal traits. The agents named these creatures thruneosaurus rex in honor of their patrons in House Thrune and promptly lost control of their experiment, the ultimate fate of which remains unknown as of 4724 AR. The beasts are believed to roam the Whisperwood in eastern Cheliax.

Summoning tyrannosauruses

See also: Conjuration

Tyrannosauruses from the Great Beyond can be summoned by potent arcane magic-users for limited periods of time, while druids are capable of summoning mundane (but still quite terrifying) specimens from Golarion.

Tyrannosaurs

Related dinosaurs of variating sizes to the tyrannosaurus exist, like the huge giganotosaurus or the smaller allosaurus. The smallest in the tyrannosaur species is the nanotyrannus, which is still very large, and no less aggressive nor safer to train than a tyrannosaurus.

External links

• Tyrannosaurus (extinct real-world animal) on Wikipedia